Here’s how much damage a stun gun does to your brain and body

The effects that stun guns cause to your body are — literally — shocking. Here is a transcript of the video. Stun guns don't just affect your body. Your brain also takes a hit.

Stun guns repeatedly send electrical shocks to your body. The shock is similar to an electric fence, except it happens many times per second instead of just once. When that much electricity enters your body, it hijacks your nervous system. Normally, nerve cells use electricity to send information from the brain to your body and vice versa. If you stub your toe, for example, neurons fire electric signals to your brain which interprets them as pain.

But the human body generates at most 100 millivolts.

When you're repeatedly shocked with much more than that, it's like a power surge to your nerves. The shock overwhelms your nervous system, causing your muscles to lock up.

As a result, you can't move and will likely fall down. But mobility isn't the only thing you lose. Your brain's ability to process new information is also impaired.

Plus, you have a harder time remembering that new information later. Don't worry, the damage is only temporary. Brain function returns to normal after about 1 hour. Luckily, your body bounces back much faster.

Correction: This video originally said that stun guns shock a person with 50,000 volts of electricity. We have corrected the video, stating that the shock is more similar to that of an electric fence.